Improvement in butter-carriers



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

BENJAMIN F. ROBERTS, AOF BENNINGTON, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTER-CARRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,770., dated December 7, 1875; application filed July 14, i815.

To all whom it may concern: v

`Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. ROBERTS, of the village of Bennington, in the county of Bennington and State of Vermont, have i11- vented certain new and useful Improvements in ButterOarriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

The principal object of this invention is to produce a simple, cheap, and durable buttercarrier, in which rolls, plates, or pats of butter can be easily kept cool and conveniently carried or transported from place to place, Without being marred; and of which carrier a removable part shall constitute a self -coolingpwaiter, from which the rolls, plates, or pats of butter can he readily distributed in nice condition to guests at table.

One part of this invention consists of a portable waiter having shelves, one over another, and a chamber for ice over the shelves,

vand all secured together and supported by a butter-carrier composed essentially of a pail or vessel having therein a removable cooling-waiter of the aforesaid kind, having legs standing on the outer portion of the bottom of the pail or vessel, so as to eii'ectually support the Waiter in upright position therein, and so that the sides or casing of the pail or vessel shall keep plates, rolls, or pats of butter on the shelves of the waiter in transportation, and shall confine the cool air from the ice, closely around the shelves, and so the waiter can be lifted out ot' the pail or vessel, and then used in serving the butter at table, while the pail or vessel may be used for other purposes.

Another part of my invention consists in the combination, with a pail or similar vessel,

of a butter-waiter, in and removable from the pail or vessel, and having shelves, one over another, a chamber for ice over the shelves, and standards which support and project laterally beyond the shelves and ice-cha|nber, so as to serve as guides in putting the waiter into the pail or vessel, and be close to the inner surface of the latter, and thereby prevent lateral movement or shaking of the Waiter within the pail or vessel in transportation, and, at the same time, leave space through which cold air from the ice-chamber will descend and circulate between the sides of the pail or vessel and the outer portions ot' the ice-chamber and shelves.

My invention further consists in the combination, with a pail, tub, or similar vessel, of a waiter in and removable from the vessel, and having shelves, one over another, an icechamber over the shelves, supporting-legs standing on the outer part of the bottom of of the pail, tub, or vessel, and standards which support the shelves and ice-chamber, and of which one standard is tubular and will conduct water from the ice chamber to the bottom or lower part of the vessel, and can be closed by a cock, valve, plug or stopper, so that dripping of water from the ice-chamber will be prevented whenever the waiter shall be taken out of the vessel and used separately.

My invention consists, iinally, of a butterca'rrier composed of a pail or vessel having a removable cover thereon, and a Waiter in and removable from the pail or vessel, and having shelves, one over another, an ice-chain ber over the shelves, and standards which support and project laterally beyond the shelves and icechainber, and ot' which standards one is tubular and connects the lower part ot' the ice chamber with the lower part ot' the pail or vessel, and can be closed and opened by a plug, valve, or cock, substantially as hereinafter set forth.

In the aforesaid drawing` Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a butter-carrier which embodies all the aforesaid parts of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a view of a part of the in the pail or vessel. '.lhis waiter is shown separate in Fig. 2, and has two or more shelves, G,`one over another, and also'has a chamber or pan, D, for holdin g ice directly over the shelves. Standards E are arranged and firmly fastened to the shelves C and ice-chamber 1), so as to securely supportV the same, and leave lateral openings through which the butter can be readily placed upon and removed from the shelves. The standards E extend downward from, and below, the outer portion of the lowershelf, and constitute legs, which stand on the outer part of the bottom of the pail, or vessel, and thereby stably support the whole waiter in upright position, and leave a sufcient space under the lower shelf for the freecirculation of cold air, and retention of water descending from the ice-chamber.

The standards E are preferably formed and arranged so as to project laterally beyondthe shelves C and ice-pan D, and serve as guides in putting the waiter into the pail or vessel A, and so as to t closely within the latter and prevent lateral shaking of the waiter within the pail or vessel in transportation, and, in order to form spaces through which cold air from the icechamber D can descend and circulate between the outer edges of the shelves and the sides or Walls of the vessel or pail inclosing the waiter. One of the standards Eis preferably made tubular, as shown at f in Fig. l, and open at its bottom, and in communication at its top with the lower part or bottom of the interior of the ice-chamber D, so that when the vwaiter is in the pail or vessel A, as shown in Fig. l, water from melting ice in the chamber D will run and be conducted down through the tubular standard into the lower part of the pail or vessel, below the shelves O, without spattering or dripping upon the shelves. To prevent the water from dripping or escaping from-the ice-chamber D down vthrough the tubular standard when the waiter shall be removed from the pail or vessel, a stopper, G, is to be inserted in the upper end of the tubular standard, as indicated in Fig. 2, or that standard may be furnished with a valve or stopcock for the same purpose. The shelves G are preferably made with anges h, to prevent rolls, pats, or plates of butter from sliding off from the shelves when the waiter alone shall be carried about by hand.

In carrying out this invention, the pail or vessel A, with its cover B and the removable waiter, are to be made of sheet metal, wood, or other suitable material; and I generally prefer to have the pail or vessel and waiter of circular form, but they may be made square or of any other practicable shape; and I commonly make the pail or vessel A with a bail, i, and the Waiter with a bail, j, substantially as shown in the drawing, but lifting lugs `or handles may be on the vessel and waiter in place of the bails.

The improved apparatus above described, and represented in Fig. I, is a very cheap,

convenient, and eectivercontrivance for use by dairymen, butter-dealers, and hotel, restaurant, and boarding-house keepers in transporting and preserving in good shape and condition rolls, plates, and pats of butter prepared for table usc; and the waiter, when removed from the pail or-vessel, as shown in Fig. 2, is a very convenient self-cooling server for use in distributing the butter at table.

I do not broadly claim shelves arranged one which'sustain the waiter at its lower pe" riphery, substantially as shown and described. 2. The combination, with the pail or vessel A, of a butter-waiter in and removable from the pail or vessel, and having shelves C, oney over another, an ice-chamber, D, over the shelves, and standards E, supporting the shelves and icechamber, and having legs standing on the outer portion ofthe bott-om of the pail or vessel, substantially as set forth,

3. In combination with the pail orvessel A. the removable butter-'Wa1ter, having shelves C, an icechamber, D, over the shelves, and

standards E, supporting and projecting later-- ally beyond the shelves and icechamber,-sub

stantially as shown, and as and for the purpose described.

4. In combination with the pail or vessel A,4 the removable butter-waiter, having shelves' C, an ice-chamber, D, over the shelves, legs standing upon the outer portion of the bottom of the pail or vessel, and standards E, which support the ice-chamber and shelves, and of which' standards one is tubular, and serves to conduct water from the ice-chamber to the bottom of the pail or vessel, substantially as shown and specified.

5. A butter-carrier, consisting of the pailor vessel A, having a removable cover, B, and a waiter in and removable from the pail or vessel, and having shelves C, ice-chamber D, over the shelves, and standards E, which support and project laterally beyond the shelves and ice-chamber, and of which standards one is tubular, and serves to conduct water from the ice-chamber to the lower part of the pail or vessel, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof l hereunto set my hand this 10th day of July, 1875.

BENJAMIN ROBERTS'.

Witnesses 'JAMES B. MEACHAM, A. P. LYMAN. 

